Important Dates of the Nineteenth Century in the United States
Compiled by Wright A Patterson, this list chronicles notable events from 1801 to 1900 in the United States. It covers presidential elections and inaugurations, wars and battles, territorial changes, infrastructure, laws, and notable deaths, with emphasis on political milestones and national developments.
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United States
Thomas Jefferson
House of Representatives
Aaron Burr
Tripoli
Jefferson
Congress
Ohio
Louisiana
France
Philadelphia
Stephen Decatur
Samuel Chase
Cumberland
Ohio River
Washington
Francis Scott Key
Fort Mcclenry
Ballymore
Baltimore
Elbridge Gerry
Great Britain
Ghent
Belgium
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
American Colonization Society
Princeton
Liberli
Amen
Spain
Florida
Savannah
Liverpool
Maine
Massachusetts
O. H. Perry
Trinidad
Indiés
Alabama
Daniel Boone
Charrette
Gen. Lafayette
America
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
W. H. Crawford
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
First Ratirocd
Quincy
Mass
Neponset River
Horse Power
Robert Y. Horne
S. C
Baltimore & Ohio
Anti-masonic Party
Haverhill
Senate
Adams
John C. Fremont
John C
Fremont
Rocky Mountains
Ashburton
England
Prof
Morse
New York Harbor
Joe
Hiram Smith
Nauvoo
China
Coloma
Cal
James Wilson Marshall
Zachary Varylor
Lewis Cass
Kentucky
Free State
Anses
Dred Scott
United States Supreme Court
New York Yacht Club
Mountain Meadow
Cedar City
Utah
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
John .C. Breckenridge
John C. Bell
Stephen A
Douglas
Rogular
Buchanan
South Carolina
Lincoln
U. S
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
North
Lee
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Grant
New York City
Samuel Houston
Huntersville
Tex
Chickamauga
Orchardsknob
Missionary Ridge
Lookout Mountain
Arch J
Yellowstone
Ational Park
Egzan
Newark
Geneva
B. Gratz Brown
Thomas A. Hendricks
Charles J. Jenkins
David Davis
Greely
Brown
Horace Greeley
Pleasantine
N. Y
Edwin Forrest
Oakes Ames
James Brooks
Credit Mobilier
Salmon P. Chase
New York Stock Exchange
Lovig
Wiliam H. Tweed
House
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Yukon
Alaska
Geo. McCormack
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Army Reorganization Bill Passes House in Strict Party Vote
Washington reports the House passed the army reorganization bill 166 to 133 after a long session. Three Democrats joined Republicans for the measure while one Republican backed the Democrats on a related motion. A major debate centered on a Littlefield substitute prohibiting alcohol at military posts and other amendments were offered.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Messrs
Hall
Underhill
Clayton
No. Y
Mr. McCall
Rep
Mass
McCall
Mann
Iil
Mire Littlefield
House
Committee On Agriculture
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Teller
Nicaragua Canal
Morgan
Trade Review notes steady prices and brisk holiday trade
The weekly trade review reports a conservative, confident mood with orders at near full capacity for months ahead. No net workforce reduction, wage readjustments in steel, steady commodity prices, and brisk holiday activity. Failures: 287 in US, 2 in Canada. mixed wholesale softness with retail strength, winter weather dampening some lines.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Iron and
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
American Federation of Labor Convention Opens in Louisville
The twentieth annual AFL convention opened in Louisville at 10 15 am with 217 delegates present. Secretary Frank Morrison reported receipts of 343,68S more than last year and per capita tax collections of 42,085, noting overall gains despite expenses rising.
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New York and
Brooklyn Bridge
Pittsburgh
Northern Pacific Railroad
Iniry. Sa
American Railway Union
Chicago
Behring Sea
Aaconian
The
American Federation of Labor
Louisville
Frank Morrison
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Robert Fulton
West Point
Library of Congress
Washington D. C
George Cinton
Michigan
Indiana
Isa
Juir
Clermont
Albany
New Empire
Mexico
Storcig
Gan. l
James Madison
George Clinton
Isue
Georgetownr
D.C
Tippecanoe
Harrison
Engand
Fort Dearborn
Elte
Terry Born
Arcus
United States Bank
James Monroe
Daniel D. Tompkins
Alississippi
Union
Isis
Gen
Jackson
St. Marks
Fla
Arbuthnot
Ambrister
Capitol
Mlinois
Asei
James
Daniel
Tompkins
Jane
WIM
Missouri
Southard
United
Bing
Monroe
Symme
Biela
American Home Missionary Society
John Adams
Montievito
William Morgan
Canandaigua
N.y
Anti- Masonic
Novy
William T. Barry
Free
Honesdale
South Carolina Railroad
Cyrus Y. McCormick
Steele's Tavern
Samuel Cuthrie
Sacket Tlarbor
Mississippi
Henry R. Schoolcraft
Gyrus M'Gormick
Charles Carrol
Columbus
5. C
National Bank
North America
American Anti-Slavery Society
Indian Territory
Thomas Davenport
Braddon
Springfield
Alass
Texas
Alamo
San Antonio
Santa Anas
Arkansas
Montpetter
Samuel Mouston
Navy
Martin van Buren
Willigam Henry Harrison
Richard M. Johnson
Iszo
Wilkes
William Henry Harrison
Sache Tore
Mer
Tyler
Egypt
Turkey
Polk
Alexicon
Oregon
John D. Sioat
U.S. N
F B Morse
Monterey
Mias Howe
Buena Vista
City of
Richard M. Hoe
Department of Interior
James IX. Polk
Nashville, Tenn
John Calhoun
Central America
Taylor
Fillmore
California
Tletter
Alfred Vail
Hudson River
Congressional
Wiliam R. King
Sharkey
Cumbre
Cuba
William R. King
Cahawba
Ala
Gila River
Japan
Dr. Kane
Lieut Hartstone
Island of
Cisco
Greenland
Kansas
Pierce
Lawrence
Kan
James Buchanan
John C. Freemont
Millard Fillmore
H. Bessemer
Minnesota
First Street
Boston
First Atlantic
Donati
San Fran
St. Louis
Boulder Creek
Government
Harper's Ont
John Brown
Cor A
R.E. Tee
Washington Irving
Tarrytown
Charleston W. Va
Elias Nowe
1. I
Sta
Sumner
Carolina
Edmund
Ruffin
Virgintee
Sumter
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Battle of
Bull Run
Mason and
Slidell
Trent
U. S. Naser
Fort Henry
Tenn
Army of the Potomac
Richmond
Missouri Rivers
Pacific Ocean
Lindenwold
Gevermment
Potomac
Maryland
Antietam
West Virginia
Rapidan
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Nathaniel
Hawthorne
Plymouth
N.H
Kearsarge
Cherbourg
Atlanta
Shermen
Nevada
Johnson
McClellan
Pendleton
Sherman
Janie Rawara Everett
Gen. Lee
Confederate Congress
Appomattox
President Lincoln
J. Wilkes Booth
Ford’s
Order of the Loyal Legion
Bowling Green
Jefferson Davis
Fourth Michigan Cavalry
Irwinsville
Palo Pinto
Lewis Payne
G. A. Atzerodt
David E. Harold
Mary E. Sturratt
Grand Army
Winfield Scott
Nebraska
Department of Education
Hrussia
Ises
Presiert Johnson
Wheatland
Ulysses S. Grant
Horatio Seymour
Asco
Union’ ‘Pacific Railroad
Gettysburre
S— S
Edwie Beanta
Wash
Magic
David C. Farragut
Portsmouth
N. H
Lexington
Supreme Court
Civil Service Commission
Columbia
Livonia
Sappho
Gem Robert Elee
Buiffalo
Henry Ward Beecher
Theodore Tilton
Lincoln Monument
Tit
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Cleveland
Alexander Graham Bell
Jonesborough
Henry Wilson
Pres. Grant
Don Pedro II
Brazil
George A. Custer
Sitting Bull
Little Big Horn River
Montana
W. W. Belknap
Colorado
Hayes
Tilden
Joint Congressional Committee
Repubicans
Mars
Bland
William Cullen Bryant
New Orleans
Jeanette
San Francisco
Arctic
League of American Wheelmen
Newport
Garfield
Hancock
Blaine
Panama Canal
Guilteau
Elberon
N. J
Huron
Sanilac
Mich
Henry W. Longfellow
Cambridge
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord
Lockwood
Brainard
Greeley
Grant & Ward and Marine Bank
Hsuge
Asss
Washington Monument
Hamp
Chester A. Arthur
John A. Logan
Brooklyn
Pao Lli Pear
John B. Eades
Nassau
Lynchburg
H. S. Ives & Co
Volunteer
Thistle
Yace
Louise M. Alcott
A. Bronson Alcott
Morrison B. Waite
Philip H. Sheridan
Wanquit
Department of Agriculture
Norman J. Coleman
Maritime Canal Company
Dakota Territory
John Ericsson
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Johnstown
Pan-American Congress
North and
South Dakota
Horatio Allen
Montrose
Nellie Bly
Rhode Island
Idaho
Wyoming
Wounded Knee
George Bancroft
David Dixon Porter
William T. Sherman
Hennessy
Joseph E. Johnston
James Russell Lowell
Cyrus W. Field
Ardsley
N. X
John Greenleaf Whittler
Hampton Falls
Wreavers
Benjon
Admiral Dewey
Montyveller
Jin F. Butler
L. Q. C. Lamar
Macon
James G. Blaine
Sqshington
P. T. G. Beauregard
Inman Line
City of New York
City of Paris
Court of Arbitration
South Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Silver
J. S. Coxey
Army of the Commonweal
Massillon
Western
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Secretary of
Walter Q. Gresham
Wm. Wetmore Story
Italy
Islands
Havana
Polace Bernade
Woodford
Madrid
Manila
Com. Dewey
Shafter
Y S
Biles
Porto ‘Rico
Amer
Uite
Unite States
Malolos
T A
MacArth
Trade Review